Lahaigou, Luanping County (Shandong Prov. Mus. collection) (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Hebei, China (40.8° N, 117.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 119.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dabeigou Formation, Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Shandong Provincial Museum

Primary reference: J. F. Zhang. 1986. Some fossil insects from the Jurassic of northern Hebei, China. The Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Shandong 74-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156324: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera -
Mesasimulium laihaigouense n. gen. n. sp. Zhang 1986 fly
Z81014
 Diptera - Protendipedidae
Priscotendipes mirus n. gen. n. sp.
Priscotendipes mirus n. gen. n. sp. Zhang 1986 fly
80705
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Manlayamyia dabeigouensis n. sp. Zhang 1991 non biting midge
D80713, 80714, 80716, 80717, 80725; 69052, 69053 ("more than 100 adults and pupae")
 Hemiptera - Saldidae
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 shore bug
Z80746
Mesolygaeus hebeiensis n. sp. Zhang 1986 shore bug
80679